The Dorr Township Board voted in March to raise the annual wage of the township supervisor from $19,500 to $24,800, bringing the position in line with the clerk and treasurer. Pictured Township Supervisor Tammy VanHaitsma.

After enduring a summer-long sewer and water construction project last year, residents were faced with another inconvenience this summer with the replacement the 142nd Avenue bridge crossing U.S. 131. The bridge project is expected to be completed Sept. 1.

Austin Pallett, 14, sands the arm of a red oak and ash chair he created in woodworking class. Pallett and several classmates were honored at the Michigan Industrial Technical Education Society regional competition in May.